Vantage Data Centers Buys 50-acre Plot in Phoenix, Plans to [...]

Jan 10, 2019 - North American wholesale data center provider, Vantage Data Centers (vantagedatacenters.com) has acquired 50 acres of land in the Greater Phoenix area to build a mega-scale data center campus. Phoenix represents the company's sixth data center market, up from two markets 12 months ago, following its expansion into Northern Virginia and recently announced expansion into Montreal and Quebec City through the pending 4Degrees Colocation acquisition.

The new Phoenix data center campus will total 160MW of critical load and more than 1 million (!) square feet once fully developed. It will be the largest of Vantage's seven current and planned data center campuses when complete.

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